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They may meet and discuss it has a panel but the AART fills it out.  I know my DC teacher was shocked when I showed her the GBRS. It clearly wasn't what she recommended.  Additionally the work samples submitted were so bad it had to be intentional.[/quote]

Perhaps, there is truth in what you are saying. Maybe you can answer this question? After analyzing posted results here I am seeing the trend where Cogat/NNAT/GBRS are average or below and WISC and/or SB high. I understand there are exceptions to this scenario (ADHD, 2e, hoarding) but every poster child cant be falling in that category (neither they have reported issues with child with few exceptions). Almost all posts complaints about low GBRS, [b]if grades are high there is no way school can give GBRS of 6![/b]

Why there is such huge dependencies (Cogat/NNAT/GBRS vs IQ tests) in scores for all most all the reported scores in appeal process? something doesn't add up?
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It's not that uncommon for a child who is above grade level in all subjects and is a straight 4 student to still receive a low-ish GBRS.  Some schools will justify this by stating that the student is high achieving, but not displaying the gifted characteristics that they want to see.  Many people have posted about exactly this situation over the last few years.

I haven't seen CogATs or NNATs that are average or below with high WISCs.  I have seen a lot of 120-ish CogATs with high WISCs.  That is easily explained.  The CogAT rewards convergent thinking and not divergent thinking, so many gifted kids overthink the problems and get them wrong.  The CogAT also has a very low ceiling, such that one or two mistakes can make a huge difference.  This can really hurt kids who tend to be a little careless.  The CogAT verbal section is read to the kids, and all of the answers are pictures rather than words.  Kids who struggle with listening, staying on pace with the teacher, or interpreting the pictures will get artificially low scores.  Since the CogAT is completely multiple choice, 1-2 lucky or unlucky guesses can make a huge difference in scores.  My kid who scored a 140 composite on the CogAT only had 4 more correct answers out of the 150+ questions than my kid who scored a 128.

With the WISC, kids have the opportunity to explain their answers, which means that divergent thinkers will be rewarded, and kids who tend to jump the gun may figure out the correct answer in the process of trying to explain things.  The WISC also covers a broader range of skill sets.  [/quote]

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